TRANSCRIPT: ABC News/Facebook/WMUR Democratic Debate

Jan. 5, 2008

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And interesting, Diane, they kept sending e-mails throughout the
debate to all of us reporters, sending e-mails about everything she
was mentioning -- Senator Clinton was mentioning, on stage, in terms
of things that they think that Senator Barack Obama has been
inconsistent on, some of the items that she mentioned throughout the
debate.

Those e-mails were coming into our inbox.

And one more thing: They think that it was a great line when she
said that she would be the first woman president and that in itself
would be a big change.

SAWYER: Sending you e-mails throughout? The precision team at
work there.

OK, David Wright with Senator Barack Obama?

DAVID WRIGHT, ABC CORRESPONDENT: Diane, the Obama campaign is
very pleased with this debate. After the hype of Iowa, he really had
to do two things: One, he had to convince the New Hampshire voters
that he's for real -- that there's substance behind the celebrity.
And they feel like he did that, no major gaffes.

Also, he had to defend himself from incoming attacks. No doubt,
he was helped by the fact that Edwards was there as a sort of de facto
tag team.

But they feel that Clinton did not lay a glove on him -- if
anything, that her attacks bounced back on her.

Diane?

SAWYER: Right. And I should just point out that, with Charlie
Gibson, at least, he had to be pleased that he got the results of the
Redskins game, even...

(LAUGHTER)

(CROSSTALK)

SAWYER: ... from Senator Obama, even he didn't like the results
of the Redskins game.

OK, David Muir is up next with Senator Edwards.

David?

DAVID MUIR, ABC ANCHOR: You know, Diane, you talked about that
immediate access these campaigns had with the reporters covering them.

I got this BlackBerry message almost immediately after that
moment you and George talked about, when Edwards aligned himself with
Barack Obama in reference to Hillary Clinton saying that when agents
of change start talking about change, the status quo shouts back.

And there were bloggers already talking about this.

And so, the Edwards campaign sent out the blog with this
headline: "RIP, the Clinton era, 9:34 p.m. Eastern Time." That was
the moment that Edwards aligned himself with Obama.

Edwards knows that his survival depends on Hillary Clinton's
demise. And that's the story headline that they would like, the dream
headline that he defeated the Clinton machine in Iowa and did so again
tonight, Diane.

SAWYER: OK, moving onto Jake Tapper now, Governor Richardson.

Jake?

JAKE TAPPER, ABC SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The view from
Camp Richardson is that the governor did draw some very strong
distinctions with the other candidates in terms of being the one to
end the war in Iraq most immediately, with foreign policy and national
security strength.

They said he had the best line of the night and rose above the
fray, when, after that unusual moment with Senator Clinton, he said,
"I've been in hostage situations that were more civil."

TAPPER: And then of course they feel that he made the case
strongly for his executive experience.

Diane?

SAWYER: All right, well, thanks to the four of you. I know it's
going to keep coming there, that you'll be e-mailing us and of course
be online for everybody out there to hear more.